High School Learning with Apple #23: Invention Infomercials

@Dragon_Coach and I met at ADE institute in 2023 and have been working on compiling lessons for high school teachers using MacBooks or iPads in class. @Dragon_Coach uses MacBooks, and I use iPads, and in our collaboration, we realized that small adjustments can be made to apply the lessons in each environment. Over the next 30 days, we’ll post one lesson idea each day with tips on how to make it work in either environment you are teaching in. 

High School Learning with Apple #23: Invention Infomercials

This activity was a fun brainstorm with a colleague in the American History department at my school. She is wildly creative and together we created a fun learning experience for students. In this activity, students get to share their learning about inventions from the Industrial Revolution by creating their own informative and entertaining infomercials.

After learning about the impact of inventions during the Industrial Revolution, students choose one invention to create an infomercial about. They then work with a partner to write a short infomercial script, focusing on the problem the invention solved and its key features.

Students use their iPad cameras and various apps to create the content for their videos. They can choose to create visual products like line draw animations or graphics in Keynote. They also had access to a green screen to create alternate backgrounds. This project is inclusive because students can create a quality product in many ways.

In the end, they edit and finalize the content with iMovie, creating their very own infomercial. 

📣 How could you use iMovie to have students show learning?